AMENDMENTS
This amendment protects people from unreasonable search and seizure.
4th Amendment
This landmark supreme court case mandates that law enforcement inform suspects of their rights.
Miranda v Arizona (1966)
Tinker family
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
You might want one of these before poking around an arrestee's cell phone.
Warrant
Which amendment was violated in the Baker v. Carr case when the state did not redistrict Congressional voting districts for more than 50 years?
This amendment covers protection from self-incrimination.
5th Amendment
This case established the Supreme Court's principle of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
What is the name of the man who has guaranteed that every criminal is entitled to a lawyer?
Clarence Gideon
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
In Mapp V Ohio, the court ruled illegally obtained evidence would be excluded from trial, coining this term used to describe a bad search incident to arrest.
Fruits of the poisonous tree.
This term refers to established court decisions handed down by the Supreme Court. Law of the Land.
Precedent
This amendment grants equal protection to all citizens under the constitution.
14th Amendment
The case that denied states from taxing the national government, and validated the supremacy of the national government over state governments.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
This man was the subject of a landmark 1966 Supreme Court case, having his rape/kidnapping conviction overturned after the court ruled his confession was coerced.
Ernesto MIRANDA
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Simply asking for this may prevent you from violating a subject's Fourth Amendment rights during a search without probable cause or reasonable belief of an armed and dangerous subject.
Consent
The three branches of government in the United States.
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
This amendment protects the rights of the accused in criminal trials, including the right to legal representation.
6th Amendment
What case established the "one man, one vote" and opened the door to courts to review redistricting challenges?
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Dollree Mapp
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
What type of evidence is necessary to obtain a warrant to search a person, place, or thing?
Probable Cause
Unless calls for "court packing" prevail, this will remain the number of justices who preside over the high court.
9
The first ten amendments are also referred to as this.
The Bill of Rights
What case held that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to states?
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
What were the initials of the New Jersey student who was arrested in the bathroom for smoking? She lost her case because the school administration just needed reasonable suspicion to search her purse.
T.L.O.
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
Which Amendment did the police violate when they searched the home of Dollree Mapp for a fugitive?
4th Amendment
Which case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and determined segregated schools were unconstitutional?
Brown v. the Board of Education (1954)